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1. InDesign 21.1 x64 on PC: panels not expanding when clicking on the icon

   Panels sometimes do not expand when clicking on an icon in the right-hand column of panels. It seems random. Sometimes the panel you choose expands when you click on the icon (as it should), but sometimes you have to click the two little chevrons pointing leftward at the top of the column of icons, which makes them all expand and it's a mess to work with. Only the one you click on should expand, but sometimes it doesn't.

   This isn't a new bug. There were previous submissions about this and the issue was supposedly resolved, but it is NOT. The comments are closed, so I couldn't comment on there that the issue is not resolved. This has been happening ever since the first upgrade at the beginning of the year. I'm on the latest update and still having this issue.

   Panels sometimes do not expand when clicking on an icon in the right-hand column of panels. It seems random. Sometimes the panel you choose expands when you click on the icon (as it should), but sometimes you have to click the two little chevrons pointing leftward at the top of the column of icons, which makes them all expand and it's a mess to work with. Only the one you click on should expand, but sometimes it doesn't.

   This isn't a new bug. There were previous submissions about this and the issue was supposedly resolved, but it is NOT. The… more

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2. PDF comments UI bug

   In the panel for "pdf comments" you can set a filter to show only some types of comments. If you open this panel, all "comment type fields" are unselected – although they can all be seen in the document (screenshot 1). This is a mistake. All the fields should be selected at this point.

   If you click on one or more types, only these types will be displayed in the InDesign document. Correct behavior now. (Screenshot 2)

   Tested with InDesign 2026 21.1 and 2026 Prerelease 21.2

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3. Make it possible to anchor a graphic to the beginning of a paragraph without five or six tries and two or three zooms

   It'll go AFTER the first letter…it'll go some random place in the first FEW letters, but before the first one? Especially if the first one is a sans-serif letter "I"? HAHAHAHAHAH! No. Not without cajoling, retrying, zooming, threatening, and telling it what a good little cursor it is.

   I realize this isn't an exciting problem, but it's been literally decades of this feature being…what's the technical term…bad.

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4. Stuck on adding font, other background task get stuck in queue that never clears

   Occasionally I open a document that tries to add fronts in background, it fails then the task is added to Background Tasks and hangs indefinitely. Then if I try to export a PDF, it is added to background tasks but will not progress until the fonts are added, which they never finish loading.

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5. Indesign 20.1 There is a delay in moving picture/text box

   Clicking on a text box takes about 5/6 seconds before it selects it to move it.

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   Need More Info  ·  AdminSanyam Talwar (Senior Lead Software Engineer, Adobe InDesign) responded

   We have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with performance and stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.

   If you still face this issue even after updating, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :

   a. Please share your OS version and machine configuration

   • To save your Mac's system configuration, open the "About This Mac" window, select "System Report," and then choose "File" > "Save" to export a detailed system information file that captures your current settings; you can name and save it to a location on your Mac for future reference. 

   b. Steps to Collect Windows System Information

   • Type System Information in the search bar.
   • Double-click the System Information app.
   • Click File. Click Save.
   • Name the file. Save the file to the Downloads folder. Click Save.

   c. Reproducible Steps – What workflow are you experiencing performance issues in?

   d. Video recording of the issue

   e. Is(Are) the issue related to a specific document(s)/asset(s)? If yes, could you provide us with the document(s)/asset(s)? Please package the entire document (To package the document, choose File → Package…)

   f. Screenshot of Memory usage while the issue is observed

   e. Please follow the below steps on the Macintosh

   • Open Terminal in full-screen mode
   • Drag the InDesign application on the terminal (e.g. “/Applications/Adobe\ InDesign\ 2025/Adobe\ InDesign\ 2025.app/Contents/MacOS/Adobe\ InDesign\ 2025”)
   • Copy the logs when you start facing the slowness in a text(.txt) file. Share the file with us.

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   Adobe InDesign Team

   We have released InDesign 2025(v20.2.0.036) with performance and stability fixes. We recommend you upgrade to the latest version (if you’re not already on it) as it is more robust.

   If you still face this issue even after updating, please send the following information to santalwa@adobe.com :

   a. Please share your OS version and machine configuration

   • To save your Mac's system configuration, open the "About This Mac" window, select "System Report," and then choose "File" > "Save" to export a detailed system information file that captures your current settings; you can name and save it to a location on your Mac for future reference. 

   b. Steps to Collect Windows System Information

   • Type System Information in the search bar.
   • Double-click the System Information app.
   • Click File. Click Save.
   • Name the file. Save the file to the Downloads folder. Click Save.

   c. Reproducible Steps – What workflow are you experiencing performance issues in?

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6. InDesign crashes when updating review link

   InDesign Version: 20.1
   OS: macOS Sequoia 15.3.1
   Device: MacBook Pro (14in 2021)
   Memory: 32G
   Chip: Apple M1 MAX

   I regularly update a large file. Any time I try to update the Share for Review link, InDesign crashes. In smaller files, I receive an error message saying, "There was an error updating the artifact." The link will successfully update, but not without crashing or errors.

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7. InDesign 2025 / v20.0: »background task« tries to activate font all the time

   Working with the font Minion Pro InDesign 2025 wants to activate the font in the background (shown in the background tasks panel) although it IS activated.

   Closing the document does not bother InDesign. It still wants to activate the font (see screenshot 2).

   Quit & Restart helps, but it should work correctly without it.

   Mac
   Sonoma 14.7
   M3 processor

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8. Indesign Document Setup not holding height and width measurements typed in.

   When typing in width and height into Document Setup it does not hold the measurements and reverts to last document opened measurements.
   Indesign 20.0 Creative Cloud

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9. Placed TIF files export as grey boxes when exported to PNG format

   InDesign 19.5, macOS 14.6.1, Apple M1 Max chip

   1. With no document open, set the default view to "Fast" by choosing View > Display Performance > Fast Display.

   2. Create a new document, and place a TIF image on the page.

   3. Choose File > Export, and select PNG for the export format.

   The TIF image will export as a gray box. It should export as the actual image. Even if you choose View > Display Performance > High Quality Display and export again, the TIF image will still export as a gray PNG.

   If you close the file, change the InDesign default display to High Quality, and then reopen the InDesign file containing the TIF image, the image exports properly to PNG format.

   InDesign 19.5, macOS 14.6.1, Apple M1 Max chip

   1. With no document open, set the default view to "Fast" by choosing View > Display Performance > Fast Display.

   2. Create a new document, and place a TIF image on the page.

   3. Choose File > Export, and select PNG for the export format.

   The TIF image will export as a gray box. It should export as the actual image. Even if you choose View > Display Performance > High Quality Display and export again, the TIF image will still export as a gray PNG.

   If you close the file, change the InDesign default… more

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10. Publish Online: if forbidden character in the document name, the name has to be filled in again

    To me it’s okay that “special characters” are not allowed in the title of a "publish Online" document.

    But if a user gets this message, his/her title is completely deleted and he/she has to fill out the title again. Although there’s maybe only one forbidden character in it.

    Annoying. Any chance to change this?

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11. cursor stuck on hand

    My system has just updated InDesign to 19.1 (08/01/24) and I now have a grabber hand cursor appearing every time I try and click on anything in my file.

    This also happens if I have another tool selected such as text box. The tool icon appears but if I click on a text box the hand comes back. It's rendered doing anything in InDesign files useless. I can't find a setting for it and I have tried resetting preferences but it is still happening. My computer system is running Ventura 13.6.

    Does anyone have a work around?

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12. last letter in text frame disappears from PDF Hebrew

    We're having issues with the last letter or the punctuation at the end of a sentence disappearing when the file is exported as a PDF. Primarily happens with right-to-left language, we're using Hebrew.
    Been happening since the update to 19.0 onward.

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13. Bicubic Downsampling artifacts

    When an image is exported to PDF with Bicubic Downsampling selected, the interpolation creates a a column of pixels which seem to be duplicated from the column immediately preceding it. This isn't very noticeable on full images, but on specific cases, like the round circle attached, it creates an unsightly "bump out" that alters the shape of the circle.
    This does not occur if Average Downsampling is selected, so that's the immediate solution to the problem, but maybe the ID team needs to look at how Bicubic Downsampling is applied and if there's any way to improve this interpolation.
    As mentioned, it also affects full images, but the "repeated" column, while there, is not an EXACT replication of the one to its immediate left, so the interpolation is using a set of samples slightly differently, but still very close to a duplication.
    The effect also seems to occur on the last row of pixels, but not in the same way, but still creates a sense of a flat spot on the circle example.

    When an image is exported to PDF with Bicubic Downsampling selected, the interpolation creates a a column of pixels which seem to be duplicated from the column immediately preceding it. This isn't very noticeable on full images, but on specific cases, like the round circle attached, it creates an unsightly "bump out" that alters the shape of the circle.
    This does not occur if Average Downsampling is selected, so that's the immediate solution to the problem, but maybe the ID team needs to look at how Bicubic Downsampling is applied and if there's any way to improve this interpolation.
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14. Hebrew Vowels colliding

    Windows 11
    Indesign 19 x64

    Hebrew Vowels colliding in the latest version of Indesign, please see screenshots from version 18 where everything is good and version 19 where the vowels are colliding.

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15. Problem Selecting Hebrew vowels and diacritics

    Windows 11
    Indesign 19 x64

    Problem Selecting Hebrew vowels and diacritics especially when there are Hebrew and English mixed in the paragraph, it seems like there is no visual distinction to determine what is being selected. This is so frustrating, and makes it impossible to use in the long run.

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16. Placing an ICML file in an InDesign file ignores multiple artboards in AI files if they are embedded

    If you have an AI file with multiple artboards which is an embedded anchored object in a text frame it will always revert back to the first artboard when you place the ICML in InDesign.

    1. Create a new InDesign file.
    2. Create an AI file with two artboards and one simple object in each.
    3. Create a text frame in InDesign.
    4. Place the AI file in the text frame and choose the second artboard.
    5. Embed the AI file.
    6. Export the text frame as an ICML file.
    7. Place the ICML file into the document (not check in/check out).

    What happens:
    1. The "Pages" panel will show the correct preview.
    2. The "Links" panel will show the correct preview.
    3.. The text frame that is created will show the first artboard.

    Images:
    1. AI file with two artboards.
    2. Embedded image of artboard 2.
    3. After placing the ICML into the InDesign file it has reverted to display artboard 1, but the previews in the "Links" and "Pages" palettes are still correct.

    If you have an AI file with multiple artboards which is an embedded anchored object in a text frame it will always revert back to the first artboard when you place the ICML in InDesign.

    1. Create a new InDesign file.
    2. Create an AI file with two artboards and one simple object in each.
    3. Create a text frame in InDesign.
    4. Place the AI file in the text frame and choose the second artboard.
    5. Embed the AI file.
    6. Export the text frame as an ICML file.
    7. Place the ICML file into the document (not check in/check out).

    What happens:
    1. The "Pages"… more

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17. Alt+Mouse scroll - zoom in/out

    Windows: Alt+mouse scroll doesn't work as always to zoom in and zoom out.

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18. Indesign 2024 Unable to Recognize Variable Fonts from Documents Created with Previous Version

    InDesign 2024 (v19.0) fails to recognize variable fonts from documents created in previous version. Specifically, Helvetica Now Variable weights and widths are reported as missing. Running MacOS Sonoma (but the same system opens the file without issue when using InDesign 2023… can’t be an OS issue.)

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19. anchored object ignores textwrap of the first line

    When anchoring an Object in a text and selecting the object to wrap around the text, the first line ignores this command.
    When searching for a solution, i stumbled upon this entry describing the problem.

    https://community.adobe.com/t5/indesign-discussions/anchoring-an-image-does-not-make-the-first-line-respect-the-wrapping-text/m-p/11572999

    the only solution seems to be to anchor the text in a previous line.
    However, I want my textanchor to be on the right spot, so a screenreader can read it correctly - so anchoring it one line above is no option for me.
    Is there a fix to this problem?

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20. Variable font changes to Italic when a custom axis value is set, without user input. Also, the Italic axis cannot be controlled.

    This may be related to a somewhat similar Illustrator bug:
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/46249144-variable-font-changes

    Summary:
    1. Variable fonts that have separate but related roman/italic font files are handled badly by InDesign (and Illustrator). In InDesign, if you set a custom axis value such as Weight or Optical Size, the font changes to Italic immediately. This issue occurs in fonts such as Roboto Serif and Apple SF Pro, which are well-tested, popular, and important by many measures. It also occurs in fonts that have internal data that is known to be good, at least as far as FontBakery testing shows. It doesn’t occur in single-font-file variable fonts such as Acumin or Inter, which have built-in "slnt" axes.
    2. As a secondary but related issue, there should actually be an Italic slider or toggle for a variable font, if that axis is specified in the font’s STAT table.

    Version of InDesign: 18.2.1 (latest as of May 25, 2023). Also tested in latest prerelease, v18.4.

    Steps:
    1. Set some type with a font like Roboto Serif [variable].
    2. Open the variable font axes panel, and change an axis like Weight. The font will change to its Italic version, without user input. There is no clear way to change it back to Upright, without selecting a named instance like "SemiBold" – but that largely defeats the purpose of the font being variable.

    Expected result:
    A variable font should be able to have a custom weight value, without snapping to Italic. Likewise, there should actually be an Italic slider or toggle, if that axis is specified in the font’s STAT table.

    Actual result:
    It is impossible to set an upright variable font with a custom weight.

    Test fonts:
    https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Serif?query=roboto+serif

    This may be related to a somewhat similar Illustrator bug:
    https://illustrator.uservoice.com/forums/601447-illustrator-desktop-bugs/suggestions/46249144-variable-font-changes

    Summary:
    1. Variable fonts that have separate but related roman/italic font files are handled badly by InDesign (and Illustrator). In InDesign, if you set a custom axis value such as Weight or Optical Size, the font changes to Italic immediately. This issue occurs in fonts such as Roboto Serif and Apple SF Pro, which are well-tested, popular, and important by many measures. It also occurs in fonts that have internal data that is known to be good, at least as far as FontBakery testing shows. It doesn’t occur in… more

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